Supreme Magus novel Chapter 1858

Chapter 1858: Empty Shell (Part 2)

'Mom and Rena kept me from killing myself when I first arrived here. Then Tista and Solus taught me what love is. Phloria helped me to become a real human instead of just pretending to be one. Kamila saved me from you time and time again.

'She taught me that there's more to life than worrying and killing.' Wings popped out of Lith's back as he grew in size, turning him into a Tiamat identical to the one that still lay on his knees in the real world.

'Without all those people, I would have died a long time ago. I would have never reached this strength nor would you have. Now look me in the eyes and answer me. Do you really call this weak?'

Multi-colored flames burst out of the Tiamat along with the powers he had and the shadows of those yet to come.

'No.' Derek said, fusing with Lith once again.

'Yet you are right as well. The Kingdom needs to be taught a lesson.' The Tiamat said.

Time started to move again and Lith's colossal hands stop trembling.

He gently lifted Raaz's body, feeling the spark of life that still remained inside of him and feeding it with Invigoration. Maybe it was his dormant Phoenix blood making him sturdy, or maybe Raaz had too much to live for to give up.

Whatever the answer was, Raaz's core was still intact.

Lith stopped the bleeding, healed what he could, and cupped his hands to protect his father from the cold and the rain.

"Go away, Tista." Lith said, freeing her from his madness and snapping her out of her own. "You don't want to see what I'm about to do?"

"Are you fucking kidding me?" Her whole body turned into Flames, her rage too strong for such a small body to contain. "He was my father as well! Whatever you'll do to them is not enough. Death is not enough."

"Dad is alive." Lith said, making her fury and Flames disappear together. "Yet this can't be the end, a message must be sent."

He took his communication amulet out of his pocket dimension, using for the first time the emergency override command that Jirni had taught him. Lith called Peonia, the Royals, and whoever had a shred of power he knew.

"This is what you have done." The amulet showed Raaz's mangled body and the room where the torture had taken place.

Blood was sprayed throughout the room, and bits of flesh and bones covered the floor. The Demons of Darkness carried in the room Frenon, Cenia, and everyone who had lain their hands on Raaz, even if just to drag him from one room to another.

Tears blurred Kamila's sight but she held still without making a sound. Seeing the condition of the man that she loved like a father, that she had once wished was her own or at least her in-law, broke her heart.

Yet she wasn't there as a friend of the family, but as a Constable, and she couldn't allow her pain to distract the Court. Also, she knew how Lith must have felt and inwardly wept for him.

Orion and Jirni exchanged a meaningful look, both barely suppressing their rage. Raaz was a friend and an innocent victim, dragged into political plays against his will by forces beyond his control.

Orion was tempted to break Morn's neck, but Jirni stopped him. Death was too an easy way out for the fallen General. His foolish actions would help her plans, but for once the Archon found no joy in a lucky break.

"This is what your foolish actions caused my family." Lith's voice was deadpan, echoing in the Royal Court like a Monday decree.

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